My First Macro Post

Dancer72Dancer72 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
edited November 10, 2009 in Holy Macro
I was out being "mamarazzi" with my kids in the backyard, and as they climbed up onto the deck of our play set, they noticed this "bee" on the slide. My husband (a CPP and fellow Dgrinner) has been urging me to try different genres of photography since I've started to shoot in manual mode (about 5-6 months) to see what I can capture. So before they went flying down, I tried my first macro shot. C&C most welcome!

Thanks for looking!
Caroline


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2009
    Good capture !- actually not certain what this is, but suspect it's either a bee or a wasp.
    Brian v.
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  • Dancer72Dancer72 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited November 9, 2009
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Good capture !- actually not certain what this is, but suspect it's either a bee or a wasp.
    Brian v.

    Brian:
    Comments coming from you mean alot...Thanks very much for taking the time to look!
    Caroline Brogen

    Member: PPA, PPAM
    Gallery: http://photos.brogen.com/Public-Gallery/Carolines-Gallery
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited November 9, 2009
    Nice try ! keep posting and shooting. I see spending lots of time on your knees shooting macros increase keeper ratio dramatically. thumb.gif
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  • NaturePicsNaturePics Registered Users Posts: 32 Big grins
    edited November 9, 2009
    A good start
    I like the geometry of the wings and legs. They are quite well defined against a uniform background.

    Bill
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  • Dancer72Dancer72 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited November 10, 2009
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Nice try ! keep posting and shooting. I see spending lots of time on your knees shooting macros increase keeper ratio dramatically. thumb.gif


    Awais:

    I have been practicing some other macro shots (will definitely keep doing so), and will post any "keepers" I'm lucky enough to capture...I appreciate your advice.

    Thanks for taking the time to look!
    Caroline
    Caroline Brogen

    Member: PPA, PPAM
    Gallery: http://photos.brogen.com/Public-Gallery/Carolines-Gallery
  • Dancer72Dancer72 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited November 10, 2009
    NaturePics wrote:
    I like the geometry of the wings and legs. They are quite well defined against a uniform background.

    Bill

    Bill:

    This was one of the only shots where that symmetry was evident; the majority of the time, it was trying to get a grip on the slide to stop moving around. I was lucky that the temperature was only about 45 degrees so the bug moved slowly, which helped to minimize blurring. I agree that the BG is very uniform...that's the one thing that really bothered me about the whole series that I took.

    Thanks for looking/commenting!
    Caroline
    Caroline Brogen

    Member: PPA, PPAM
    Gallery: http://photos.brogen.com/Public-Gallery/Carolines-Gallery
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